Organizer
Renginio genas (Baltics Gaming Expo); Livezone (Counter-Strike 2 final)
Tournament edition
Comic Con Baltics 2026 hosted Counter-Strike 2 and VALORANT finals at LITEXPO in Vilnius, alongside online VALORANT qualifiers held April 25–26.
Organizer
Renginio genas (Baltics Gaming Expo); Livezone (Counter-Strike 2 final)
Host and dates
Online qualifiers · Apr 25–26; Finals: LITEXPO, Vilnius, Lithuania · May 22–23, 2026
Champion
Combined prize pool
€9,000
Games
Participant scale
VALORANT: 28 teams across qualifiers and final; Counter-Strike 2: 2 finalists listed here.[4][5][10][11]
Category
Organizer
Partner
Renginio genasCommercial note
Festival organizer and producer; operates the Baltics Gaming Expo esports area · Recorded in the 2026 edition.[8]
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Organizer
Partner
LivezoneCommercial note
Counter-Strike 2 competition organizer · Recorded in the 2026 edition.[4]
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Sponsor
Partner
SamsungCommercial note
Comic Con Baltics 2026 event sponsor · Recorded in the 2026 edition.[1]
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Sponsor
Partner
LenovoCommercial note
VALORANT final presenting partner · Recorded in the 2026 edition.[1]
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Sponsor
Partner
SKYTECHCommercial note
VALORANT final presenting partner · Recorded in the 2026 edition.[1]
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Sponsor
Partner
Monster EnergyCommercial note
Counter-Strike 2 final presenting partner · Recorded in the 2026 edition.[1]
Comic Con Baltics 2026 included the Baltics Gaming Expo gaming area at LITEXPO in Vilnius. VALORANT held online open qualifiers April 25–26 before its final on May 22; the Counter-Strike 2 grand final was played at the festival on May 23. Renginio genas organized and produced the festival and operated the Baltics Gaming Expo esports area. Baltics Gaming Expo lists Samsung as the festival sponsor. Its schedule says the VALORANT final was presented by SKYTECH and Lenovo, while the Counter-Strike 2 final was presented by Monster Energy. Livezone organized the CS2 final competition.[1][2][3][4][5][8][9]
G2 Ares won the Counter-Strike 2 final 2–0 over Phantom Academy. Rzeczpospolita won the VALORANT final 2–0 against baigiau. The two VALORANT open qualifiers each produced one finalist; the organizer’s Challengermode pages identify BAIGIAU and Rzeczpospolita as the respective winners. The available participant links identify the four finalists, while a separate source lists 28 teams across VALORANT qualifying and final stages.[4][5][6][7][10][11]
The two game-specific tournaments had combined prize pools of €9,000: €5,000 for Counter-Strike 2 and €4,000 for VALORANT. The edition’s dates include the online qualifiers and the final at LITEXPO; the wider Comic Con Baltics festival ran May 22–24.[3][4][5]
G2 Ares defeated Phantom Esports Academy 2–0 in the best-of-three final at LITEXPO.[](cite:4)[](cite:7)
Rzeczpospolita defeated baigiau 2–0 in the final at LITEXPO, Vilnius.[](cite:2)[](cite:6)
Two single-elimination qualifiers ran online on April 25 and 26; BAIGIAU and Rzeczpospolita won their brackets and advanced to the LAN final.[](cite:5)[](cite:10)[](cite:11)
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